Best of European Union » channel tunnel http://www.best-of-european-union.eu Travel through the most beautiful places in Europe Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:36:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Ways to travel from the UK to Europe http://www.best-of-european-union.eu/2013/01/29/ways-to-travel-from-the-uk-to-europe/ http://www.best-of-european-union.eu/2013/01/29/ways-to-travel-from-the-uk-to-europe/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:17:24 +0000 Julius http://www.best-of-european-union.eu/?p=13532 If you have decided to go on holiday in Europe one of the main factors that may have helped you to decide where to go to, is the distance you are happy to travel and your preferred method of transportation. If you have decided to go to some far away country, then you are limited […]

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]]> If you have decided to go on holiday in Europe one of the main factors that may have helped you to decide where to go to, is the distance you are happy to travel and your preferred method of transportation. If you have decided to go to some far away country, then you are limited as to how you can get there, you may be able to take a ferry or cruise ship but more than often than not you will need to fly. Whereas if you go to Europe there are a variety of ways to travel there.

Channel tunnel, UK <=> France
Channel tunnel, UK <=> France by Mortadelo2005

Aeroplane: there are a high number of flights leaving from all of our UK airports and going to pretty much any airport in Europe. The flights are usually quite short, anything from a 40 minute trip to Amsterdam, an hour’s flying time to Spain, or a four hour journey to get to Turkey. Aeroplane is the quickest method of transportation to get anywhere. There are, a number of people, however, with an aversion to flying, some don’t enjoy it, or really don’t like to fly. If this describes your or someone in your family, then you may feel like you have limitations placed on where you can go to, but there are a number of other methods of transportation for you to take advantage of.

The train: you can drive down to the channel tunnel and take the train over to France, from here you can drive or take a coach or further to trains to get to anywhere you need to get to. This journey can take a bit longer, the drive or train journey to get to the channel tunnel can take a full day depending on where in the UK you live. Once you are in France, you will need to continue to travel for anything up to one or two days more, if for example, you were going to Spain, once you have got off the train in France, you’d either need to drive for about a day or get a train which will take a few hours to get into Spain. The trains are comfortable and offer food, drinks, as well as a bathroom, so you will be travelling in relative comfort.

Ferry UK to France from Dover
Ferry UK to France from Dover by Harvey Barrison

The Ferry: if you are unhappy going on the channel tunnel, if the idea of a train underwater concerns you, but equally you do not enjoy flying, consider taking the ferry. You will need to either drive or take the train to Dover in order to meet with your ferry, if you have driven there you can put your car on the ferry so that you can use it when you get to Europe. The ferry ride takes an hour or two to get to dock in Calais, France. From here you can either take another train to whichever European country you wish to visit or you can drive yourself. The train/car journey length will vary depending on which country you are going to and whether you make any stops along the way.

Whilst it may take a little longer to get the train or the ferry, it is much cheaper in costs, and further to this, you get to see more of the countries you are travelling through, if your holiday is a trip to Spain, you can tell your friends that you’ve also been to France too. Travelling to Europe now, is as easy as travelling in and around the UK, and with work being continually carried out, the trip is sure to get easier and easier.